THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Janet Benshoof

May 10, 1947 – December 18, 2017

“The definition of equality in the United States happens to be the worst in the world.”

Founder of the Global Justice Center and the founder and former president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Established landmark domestic and international legal precedents on women’s reproductive and equality rights, the right to free expression, freedom of religion and women’s rights to non-discrimination under international humanitarian law.